Replacing The Secondary Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo ThinkStation E31 Hardware Maintenance Manual

• To complete the installation or replacement, go to "Completing the parts replacement" on page 118.

Replacing the secondary hard disk drive

Attention:
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding "Important Safety Information"
on page 1.
Note: Your computer comes with a secondary hard disk drive bay for installing or replacing a secondary
3.5-inch hard disk drive or a 2.5-inch solid state drive.
This section provides instructions on how to replace the secondary hard disk drive.
To replace the secondary hard disk drive, do the following:
1. Turn off the computer and disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets.
2. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the computer cover" on page 86.
3. Locate the secondary hard disk drive. See "Locating internal drives" on page 76.
4. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive.
5. Pull the blue handle to release and remove the hard disk drive from the hard disk drive cage.
Figure 37. Removing the secondary hard disk drive
6. Flex the sides of the blue bracket to remove the hard disk drive from the bracket.
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